Can a ps3 get a virus from the internet

That and writing a virus for the PS3 is waaay too much effort unless you were aiming to mod it. PurelyDivine 9 years ago 5. Paragon57 posted Cloud is so hot - photobucket. Why do you ask? KirbyWithAGun 9 years ago 7. The PS3 like all modern game systems are a form of a computer, however the PS3 does not run scripts to my knowledge that are capable of doing something viruses do.

I know little about this kind of thing but as far as I know viruses are just programs that are forced to run Spirituous 9 years ago 8. If any viruses where made for the PS3 in that time frame, then they could possibly be used against Linux.

But there's two factors that reduce this possibility even further: 1. A very small percentage of PS3 users are still on the old firmware. All other customer who upgraded their firmware vast majority don't need to worry about it now, since Linux on PS3 is no longer possible.

Hope that helps. J-Fly 9 years ago 9. PS3 browser is horrendous. I look at nasty porn all the time and the browser still runs as bad as it always did. More topics from this board My honest answer has to be, surely, no. I even enjoy Call of Duty and Halo without straying online, why should other games be any different? Perhaps I should become the recluse in this thought experiment. You are only having this discussion because of the internet. I have a lot of fun playing online games, I found a sort of family of like-minded friends online who I play with now and talk to regularly via twitter and forums and I think I would miss that without the internet.

I feel exactly the same. I also like the patches and additional content of many titles. I think the next gen is really going to be the first that feels like you are missing out without being online.

I had a PS3 and it was never connected because my family could not afford the Internet. The only problem is that with the PS3, more and more is the gaming experience being pushed online. Most apps are not pre-loaded on the machine, Certain encoder playback requires server authentication, most games have DLC, and some games apparently pass QA because they can offer a day one patch when without the patch they are broken games. If the PS3's main menu does not load up, you have a virus on the system.

Push the directional arrow buttons on your PS3 remote until you select the "Gaming" content on the system. This displays all of the video games you have downloaded and the disc currently inserted into the system. If there is a file you do not recognise and know you didn't download yourself it is most likely a virus.